It has been a crazy month! For those of you who haven’t heard, I have a new job! I started the year with my old job and before the end of January, I was ’settled’ in to my new one! As one can imagine, it has been difficult adjusting to the new job while training someone on the old. But I think it was a good move for me, even though I’ll miss my old co-workers. They were some of the best people you could ever work with!
Also this month, I had the pleasure of seeing three authors in person.
On January 6th, I went to the Houston Public Library to see Charlaine Harris who is the author of the Sookie Stackhouse books on which the True Blood series are based. Her engagement at HPL was sponsored by Murder by the Book which is a really cool bookstore in Houston that only sells mystery books! Back to the reading – since at that point I hadn’t read the series, it was a little weird. She mainly asked questions that I didn’t understand and now that I have read the series, I can’t remember! However, if you haven’t read the books, you should! They are well written, and Sookie is absolutely hilarious. Southern girls are just full of sarcastic wit and humor! Think Stephanie Plum but in Louisiana surrounded by vampires. I love it!
Also in January, I went to the Brazos Bookstore and listened to Nic and David Sheff. Both have written memoirs detailing their lives during the time when Nic was addicted to meth. David’s book, Beautiful Boy, talks about his perspective during those years. The writing drew me in, and although I’ve never been a parent, I almost had a grasp on how helpless he felt as he watched his son deteriorate into the world of meth. Nic’s book, Tweak, chronicles his experiences during addiction, relapse and recovery. His book is very honest but it’s hard to read. Not because it’s verbose or bad, but because the content is so heart-wrenching. Nic is very talented and tells his story well. If you haven’t had the opportunity to read the memoirs, you should. They both can give you hope if you’re fighting a similar battle or they can enlighten you to a very real problem teens and young adults face today. They both read from their books and discussed their lives at the reading and did a signing afterwards. It was also good and I discovered another new bookstore!
I really hope to write in this blog more often. Since I no longer work with social media as a job, I think I’ll actually want to write when I get home, rather than wanting to zone out and ignore my computer!


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